Escape From Plan A

Filip and Adam are joined by guest Connie Griffith, veteran video game developer (Ghost of Tsushima, Guild Wars 2, WildStar) to give the ultimate insider's view of the video game industry. Is it a dream job or a nightmare? How do Asian Americans fit into an industry that profits so heavily off Asian culture. And, is corporate DE&I just a "woke" way of supplying more low level employees for the industry to exploit? Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Connie (@gamedevconnie) Filip (@filipgwriting) Adam (@snbatman) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

In his book War and Peace and War, Peter Turchin discusses the common historical elements present in both the rise and fall of empires. Jess and Chris discuss these elements in modern American society—from a lack of collective will to overproduction of elites—and how Asian Americans will experience life in a declining empire that is attempting to revive itself by focusing on an Asian enemy. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Jess (@cogitatotomato) Chris (@JesuInToast) REFERENCED RESOURCES: The Atlantic's interview with Peter Turchin: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/can-history-predict-future/616993/ Fareed Zakaria clip on U.S. military spending: https://twitter.com/AmirAminiMD/status/1381213356753879043?s=20 SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Chris and Teen talk about The Cut's horniness for Huge Ma aka NYC's vaccine daddy (of TurboVax) fame, the ridiculous Sery Kim situation in Texas, and why some people's brains have been broken over hapa athletes like Eileen Gu and Nina Schultz choosing to represent China over America and Canada, respectively. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Twitter: Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Teen's article on Larry Shinoda and the Corvette Sting Ray: https://planamag.com/erasing-asian-american-midcentury-design/ Teen's article on Chloe Kim: https://planamag.com/chloe-kim-and-her-father-are-americas-soft-power-nuke/ Datsu-A Ron (Argument for Leaving Asia): https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/history/Datsu-A%20Ron%20(Argument%20for%20Leaving%20Asia).html SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Note: this is a full but edited version of this episode. The full unedited conversation, with 1hr of omitted content, is available to Patrons. Consider supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/planamag Kaiser Kuo (host of the Sinica Podcast) returns to continue a discussion with Jess and Teen from almost exactly one year ago about the connection between anti-Asian racism in the US, and America policy towards China. In that year, facts on the ground have changed significantly. To what extent does Biden represent a shift away from the aggressive Sinophobic policies of Trump? And does combatting anti-Asian racism act as a brake on the most aggressive and dangerous approaches to US-China policy? TWITTER: Kaiser Kuo (@KaiserKuo) Jess (@cogitatotomato) Teen (@mont_jiang) LINKS: Sinica Podcast ft. Ryan Hass (https://supchina.com/podcast/ryan-hass-on-his-new-book-stronger/) Fareed Zakaria op-ed (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-pentagon-is-using-china-as-an-excuse-for-huge-new-budgets/2021/03/18/848c8296-8824-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html) Peter Daszak's response to Biden (https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/world/coronavirus-newsletter-02-10-21-intl/index.html) Viet Thanh Nguyen on Bipartisan Anti-China Rhetoric and anti-Asian violence (https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/atlanta-shooting-political-rhetoric-violence/2021/03/19/f882f8e8-88b9-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Our good friend Trevor Beaulieu from Champagne Sharks joins Teen and Chris to talk about some of the ways that black and Asian Americans, at least online, seem to be swapping places in who's clamoring for things like media representation and is preoccupied with assimilation, and who's trying to move away from that. Part 2 of this episode will be released as a bonus episode later this week for our Patreon subscribers. Furthermore, we recorded a whole new follow-up episode that will be released on the Champagne Sharks podcast, so check that episode out there. Note: This episode was recorded before the Atlanta Asian spa murders, so that is why any talk of that horrific event is not mentioned in this episode. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Listen to Champagne Sharks: http://champagnesharks.blubrry.net/ Twitter: Trevor (@rickyrawls; @champagnesharks) Teen (@mont_jiang) Chris (@JesuInToast) REFERENCED RESOURCES: HuffPo - I'm Black, But My Biracial Baby Looks White: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-mother-biracial-baby-looks-white_n_60468a37c5b66c274c40a9b9 SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Teen, Jong, Chris and Adam come together to discuss the horrific Atlanta shooting murders of 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. They talk about how the history and present of Sinophobia and Sinophobic rhetoric contributed to this attack as well as the increase in anti-Asian attacks, especially in America, over the last year and a half (and maybe longer). Other topics discussed, amongst many touched upon, are Asian American political identity and Bill Maher's recent remarks about how America has already lost to China. [EDIT] Out of respect to the victims and their families, we have removed the names and are holding off on sharing names until we see that they have given full consent to do so. We are following organizations such as Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta for updates on that consent. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Twitter: Teen (@mont_jiang) Jong (@calicoarse) Chris (@JesuInToast) Adam (@snbatman) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Adam is joined by guests Joy Alessi, Dr. Diane Kunz, Dan Berger, and Emily Howe in the third and final installment of our series on the issue of Adoptees Without Citizenship. In this part, Diane and Dan walk us through a quick history of immigration in modern American history, starting in the 1950's and taking us up to the current day. They, with added context from Joy and Adam, explain how the legal framework of immigration is related to the issue of naturalization aka citizenship. In the second half, Emily discusses the important concepts of legitimization of a child, what is a family in the eyes of the law, and how the failed naturalization of adopted children should be an easy problem to fix. Finally, Joy and Adam give their closing remarks on this podcast series project. Join our Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag Twitter: Adam (@snbatman) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Adoptee Rights Campaign: adopteerightscampaign.org/ Adoptees For Justice: adopteesforjustice.org/ GUEST BIOGRAPHIES: Dr. Diane Kunz - Executive Director of the Center for Adoption Policy, a preeminent legal and policy institute engaged in adoption and family creation issues. Dr. Kunz has advised U.S. government agencies on adoption related issues, and she helped author the Haitian Humanitarian Parole and the Help Haiti Act of 2010 which granted U.S. citizenship to Haitain adopted children. Dan Berger - Partner at the immigration law firm of Curran, Berger & Kludt in Northampton, Massachusetts . Dan studied immigration history and graduated from Cornell Law School. Dan has practiced immigration law for over 20 years, and is also an adoptee. Emily Howe - Serves on the Board of Directors of the Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego, and is the Co-Chair of the adoptee affinity network of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). She works on public interest issues and helps constituents navigate the complex legal system. Emily was adopted from South Korea. Joy Alessi - An adoptee from South Korea, Joy discovered that she had not received U.S. citizenship during her U.S. adoption or thereafter. Since learning that thousands of international adoptees share similar legal failures, Joy has worked to educate both advocates and policymakers of the problem’s adoptees face without citizenship protection. As Executive Director of the Adoptee Rights Campaign, Joy’s work focuses on building effective resources for impacted adoptees and supporting passage of the Adoptee Citizenship legislation. SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

@TheDailyMao of Twitter (name withheld b/c talking about China is dangerous stuff these days!) joins Teen to have a wide ranging discussion about the state of Chinese and American economic competition. From microchip supremacy to American ports choked with Chinese imports, is America not actually in competition with China, but coming to terms with its total dependence on it? Join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/planamag Twitter: @TheDailyMao Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

After a long break from Plan A working on his new podcast Unverified Accounts, Chris joins Teen on a rainy weekend afternoon to talk about a few topics of interest. (1) Ron Kim's being a 'human blowtorch' against Andrew Cuomo in what may be the biggest political scandal in America, (2) Jay Caspian Kang's tweet about the failure of 'Asian American liberal elites' to offer any useful narrative about the outbreak of Black-on-Asian violence, and (3) a viral clip of 'Ginny and Georgia' where everyone assumed the writers behind an especially cringey dialogue about racial identity were white (but were not). Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/planamag Twitter: Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) USEFUL LINKS: For Cuomo, hardball tactics, intimidation and now allegations of harassment (https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/For-Cuomo-a-legacy-of-intimidation-hardball-15972208.php) Kang's original tweet (https://twitter.com/jaycaspiankang/status/1365286572262715392?s=20) Jenn's response (https://twitter.com/reappropriate/status/1365491011800109058) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

The Asian Hustle Network (AHN) promotes positivity, passive income, and purpose. But it's also a place where con artists find their marks. Jess, Teen and Filip talk about Hustle Culture, where 'entrepreneurship' intersects with 'Ponzi schemes' and all is not what it seems. Everyone has a side hustle, everyone's monetizing their social media, everyone's platforming everyone else. How the hell do we get off this endless escalator? Support us on Patreon. Full episodes and bonus content are available to Patrons at all levels. https://www.patreon.com/planamag Twitter: Teen (@mont_jiang) Filip (@filipgwriting) Jess (@cogitatotomato) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)